if you think you are smarter than the previous generation..

[Glenn]

[outcaststudios]

[Bonesberg55]

[KTPhil]

It's been postulated that the total amount of human intelligence is a fixed amount, so that that the more we breed, the dumber we get, on average.

Empirical evidence supports this hypothesis.

[KTPhil]

Arthur C. Clarke:
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

The "dumb" dinosaurs lasted nearly 200 million years.

Humanoids have been around for about 300 thousand, not even one percent as long.

Our cleverness at scavenging natural resources may in fact merely be accelerating our inevitable demise. I give us another 200 years max, probably less. The native americans had a better idea.

[Glenn]

[AirHead1966]

Amusing that despite constant and inane laments from the silver coiffed gallery, mourning the intellectual decline of the generations that follow them, the younger generations continue to invent amazing things and refine old products and processes.

Better technology, higher efficacy of medicine, longer lifespans, ready access to information, shorter travel times, easier lifestyles, reduction in laborious and repetitive tasks, et. etc. - None of this would be possible if each upcoming generation was not taking human understanding of the elements and universe to the next level - that requires intellect.

Some old people just feel better about themselves by tearing down those come after them. If you think the next generation is dumber than yours (and you would be wrong to think that), that would imply that YOU failed to do your freaking job of teaching them.

Perhaps not being able to count change (or any other esoteric example like that) is due to socio-economic differences, parental priorities and societal class, etc.?

[crofty]

[jspbtown]

Just my experience.... but my college educated kid is a hell of a lot smarter than me (I was on the 7 year Bachelor's Degree plan) .

Some of the points he brings up and insights he has during our talks leave my jaw hanging in awe. I would never have seen issues from the perspective he sees them from.

Your results may vary...

[Xevin]

[Bonesberg55]

"Perhaps not being able to count change (or any other esoteric example like that) is due to socio-economic differences, parental priorities and societal class, etc.?"

No, not being able to count change is due to being promoted from 2nd grade when you should have been held back!

[AirHead1966]

[Xevin]

[Abscate]

My kids taught me the most amazing things about history I never learned in the whitewashed 1950-60s version for which the neocons yearn.


“ Lincoln freed the slaves”.

Try Reconstruction ended in 1876, peonage, the Dixicrats, and 90 more years until civil rights came to the agenda again
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[Bonesberg55]

"By far the group that has the most difficulty handling cash with accuracy and learning the POS system (Cash register) is the baby boomers. I’m talking retired teachers, accountants, retail managers, and more."

"The last cashier I put on Performance Improvement Plan was a 67 year old that worked for the IRS for decades. She actually upsets the younger cashiers because she can not keep up and causes so many mistakes. Yes, myself and assistant managers spend time working with her. My point is. She has a college degree and had a nice career."

Sure I've run into older people that can't count. Its just that the frequency of that happening to me increases with the younger they are. How can you work for the IRS and not be able to count? Is it the same with ABCs? How did this woman get a college degree? Maybe that's why I can count. I don't have a college degree & never even went to college. I felt high school was a waste of time.

BTW, if you can't count, DO NOT attempt to do your own engine.

[Zundfolge1432]

Old people just need to be done away with, they are useless drains. Soylent Green

[Xevin]

[scottyrocks]

[Zundfolge1432]

[jspbtown]